Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Rob Cliffe Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: win32clipboard writing to clipboard on Windows 11 Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:27:51 +0100 Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de lwcNJ52hwcVv3sVlQ7CrSwYdfCbhqqL6G98LRKZaW5jw== Cancel-Lock: sha1:/IgvKbE2i5VF78LbNSP2WMUY7WQ= sha256:AeXy3I1HHgoG0vSJoQONUfTHNx/9fsBecKGY/WDhBTg= Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org Authentication-Results: mail.python.org; dkim=pass reason="2048-bit key; unprotected key" header.d=btinternet.com header.i=@btinternet.com header.b=FkARu6ZN; dkim-adsp=pass; dkim-atps=neutral X-Spam-Status: OK 0.012 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'traceback': 0.04; '(most': 0.05; 'last):': 0.05; 'subject:Windows': 0.07; 'acquired': 0.09; 'output:': 0.09; 'subject:writing': 0.09; 'import': 0.15; 'program:': 0.16; 'problem': 0.16; 'uses': 0.19; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.20; 'machine': 0.22; 'laptop': 0.23; 'anyone': 0.25; 'old': 0.27; 'recently': 0.29; 'this?': 0.29; 'error': 0.29; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.30; 'program': 0.31; 'encountered': 0.32; 'to:name:python': 0.32; 'received:192.168.1': 0.32; 'windows': 0.34; 'same': 0.34; 'running': 0.34; "skip:' 10": 0.37; 'using': 0.37; 'received:192.168': 0.37; 'file': 0.38; 'text': 0.39; 'use': 0.39; 'wishes': 0.40; 'best': 0.61; 'sample': 0.61; 'skip:o 10': 0.61; 'shed': 0.69; 'subject:skip:w 10': 0.76; '11;': 0.84; 'rob': 0.84; 'consists': 0.93 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=btinternet.com; s=btmx2012311; t=1718652656; bh=tAgBG2y8MQvheGOOH4mQ32J4ajvCOode2fIRUrXsQus=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:From:Subject:To; b=FkARu6ZNGnCxAliMMXaQuUmRd/rE53d/ATvpoZanv/LE7cgvGgn10FQnk5wlZ6RasLiyErWHISarcmnZQTrfRaNOxilWVEt5S/4o41OBEM+NiQ+zqSz1n1EYRVYyUN8Uc0ajvFTh7hk4GE4fmaIRY2kzmISVtyWWuZKhWNukIY7MFFF0PnBI2ZP/UccemQCxLD0S/yRWKlF8Fy5/kJsTmEDahtMJR4cE/+3cL3iGLE4pDEyCx/Eb432G6ms30P/TE3acyhek/fTwzipnmalTu+7NDHhL7xFWuo2g+/qFAsfBWTvC1Vyfsa6nNH2/O9eJU8Ce3lbj3iXB6WddfKp53g== X-SNCR-Rigid: 666A0FCF00419F49 X-Originating-IP: [86.188.58.40] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.188.58.40 X-OWM-Env-Sender: rob.cliffe@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvledrfedvhedgudefjecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemuceutffkvffkuffjvffgnffgvefqofdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfhuffvtgfgsehtkeertddtvdejnecuhfhrohhmpeftohgsucevlhhifhhfvgcuoehrohgsrdgtlhhifhhfvgessghtihhnthgvrhhnvghtrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeegueelvdeileefjeffhedtudejieevheehffeujeeugfffleduvdejfeejiedtheenucfkphepkeeirddukeekrdehkedrgedtnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddvtdekngdpihhnvghtpeekiedrudekkedrheekrdegtddpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehrohgsrdgtlhhifhhfvgessghtihhnthgvrhhnvghtrdgtohhmpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtohepphihthhhohhnqdhlihhsthesphihthhhohhnrdhorhhgpdhrvghvkffrpehhohhsthekiedqudekkedqheekqdegtddrrhgrnhhgvgekiedqudekkedrsghttggvnhhtrhgrlhhplhhushdrtghomhdprghuthhhpghushgvrheprhhosgdrtghlihhffhgvsegsthhinhhtvghrnhgvthdrtghomhdpghgvohfkrfepifeupdfovfetjfhoshhtpegsthhprhgurhhgohdtuddu X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-SNCR-hdrdom: btinternet.com X-SNCR-hdrdom: btinternet.com X-SNCR-hdrdom: btinternet.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.39 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:196279 Recently I acquired a new laptop running WIndows 11; my previous one uses WIndows 10.  I encountered a strange problem: I am using the win32clipboard backage (part of pywin32), and when I use SetClipboardData() to write text which consists ***entirely of digits*** to the clipboard, I either get an error (not always the same error message) or a program crash.  The problem does not appear if I use SetClipboardText() instead.  The problem does not occur on my old machine (where I used the feature extensively). Sample program: from win32clipboard import * OpenClipboard() SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, "A") SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, "A0") SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, "0A") SetClipboardText("0", CF_UNICODETEXT) print("OK so far") SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, "0") CloseClipboard() Sample output: OK so far Traceback (most recent call last):   File "C:\TEST*.PY", line 8, in     SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, "0") pywintypes.error: (0, 'SetClipboardData', 'No error message is available') Can anyone shed light on this? Best wishes Rob Cliffe